The BRAND wideband receiver is being developed with support from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme as a part of RadioNet. The project represents a big technological challenge in the entire signal chain from the feed section to the digital processing. Its continuous frequency range from 1.5 GHz to 15 GHz makes it a scientifically extremely interesting development for the EVN network and radio astronomy in general. It also covers the VGOS frequencies and even extends them to lower and higher frequencies. It will allow to retrofit traditional prime focus antennas to become compatible with VGOS antennas in terms of frequency coverage, with a much greater output data rate. The status of the project is reported with the goals achieved and the items still under way.